Is there such a thing as UDP prioritizing?

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Is there such a thing as UDP prioritizing for better gaming network performance?

 

[jlazzaro]

there is such thing as traffic prioritization...whether it effects your gaming "performance" will largely depend on if you have existing congestion issues. what is your definition of performance? what are you trying to overcome?

 

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I'm just looking for ways to optimize the flow. What can I do? What also can i do to free any congestion? Thanks.

I'm on Vista 64, with a 920 i7 and i'm using the onboard NIC that offers UDP Checksum Offload ipv4 & 6. I've turned off all the the offloading for both TCP and UDP, enabled Priority & Vlan to just Priority..

I'm playing Unreal Tournament III btw

 

[gsaldivar]

Yes, there is such a thing, it's called QOS or quality-of-service.

It might help gaming "lag" issues ONLY IF there is other traffic on your LAN that is competing for bandwidth and causing your gaming performance to suffer as a result. If you are on a dedicated connection, like a DSL or Cable modem, and are the ONLY PERSON on that network doing anything network intensive (gaming, downloading, etc) - implementing QOS on your network won't help.

Basically QOS involves tagging each "type" of network transaction with a priority level that insures that the highest priority traffic (gaming, in your case) gets handled first, even though the network may be congested.

This type of scheme has to be implemented at the router level. This feature used to cost big bucks, and was a pain in the ass to setup. Luckily, today there are some custom firmware builds out there that can implement this on a $50 home router. Unfortunately, it's still a pain in the ass to setup. I put some links below for you. Do some research and see if this is what you need before trying to implement it. Good luck!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_service

http://gazguzla.com/optimize-tomato-qos/

http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Yes, there is such a thing, it's called QOS or quality-of-service.

It might help gaming "lag" issues ONLY IF there is other traffic on your LAN that is competing for bandwidth and causing your gaming performance to suffer as a result. If you are on a dedicated connection, like a DSL or Cable modem, and are the ONLY PERSON on that network doing anything network intensive (gaming, downloading, etc) - implementing QOS on your network won't help.

Basically QOS involves tagging each "type" of network transaction with a priority level that insures that the highest priority traffic (gaming, in your case) gets handled first, even though the network may be congested.

This type of scheme has to be implemented at the router level. This feature used to cost big bucks, and was a pain in the ass to setup. Luckily, today there are some custom firmware builds out there that can implement this on a $50 home router. Unfortunately, it's still a pain in the ass to setup. I put some links below for you. Do some research and see if this is what you need before trying to implement it. Good luck!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_service

http://gazguzla.com/optimize-tomato-qos/

http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato

Thanks for the help!!!!

 

[xSauronx]

Yes, there is such a thing, it's called QOS or quality-of-service.

It might help gaming "lag" issues ONLY IF there is other traffic on your LAN that is competing for bandwidth and causing your gaming performance to suffer as a result. If you are on a dedicated connection, like a DSL or Cable modem, and are the ONLY PERSON on that network doing anything network intensive (gaming, downloading, etc) - implementing QOS on your network won't help.

Basically QOS involves tagging each "type" of network transaction with a priority level that insures that the highest priority traffic (gaming, in your case) gets handled first, even though the network may be congested.

This type of scheme has to be implemented at the router level. This feature used to cost big bucks, and was a pain in the ass to setup. Luckily, today there are some custom firmware builds out there that can implement this on a $50 home router. Unfortunately, it's still a pain in the ass to setup. I put some links below for you. Do some research and see if this is what you need before trying to implement it. Good luck!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_service

http://gazguzla.com/optimize-tomato-qos/

http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato

good post, as an aside, you have got the creepiest god damn avatar.

 

[gsaldivar]

good post, as an aside, you have got the creepiest god damn avatar.

 

[imagoon]

Thanks for the help!!!!

Something to mention, once your on the net the QoS will get stripped. Also QoS is one sided. You can prioritize your UDP from your network, but the other side and the net in general will rarely return the favor.

 

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Something to mention, once your on the net the QoS will get stripped. Also QoS is one sided. You can prioritize your UDP from your network, but the other side and the net in general will rarely return the favor.

Ok, that's good to know too - thanks